Cigarette-box.



N. JACOVATOS.

CIGARETTE BOX. APPLICATION man was 12. 1914 Patented Oct. 26, 1915.

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This invention has referenceto improve- \TICHOLAS JACOVATOS, OF

NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGARETTE-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 2c, 1915.

Application filed June 12, 1914. Serial No. 844.621.

' tain new and useful. Improvements in (igarette-Boxes. of which the following is a mentsin cigarette boxes.

It pertains particularly to cigarette boxes I which are usually made of paper and thrown away when all the cigarettes that were contained therein have been used up.

'lThe cigarette boxes as commonly used consist essentially of a'small paper box with. the cover permanently attached thereto. The cover thus always retains its position relative to the box. ()ther cigarette boxes hold the cigarettes under a rubber band. li'hen takingout a cigarette of one of such boxes it is easily damaged because. cigarettes contain finely cut tobacco rollQ'l up in an envelop -which also is of a-ratlierdelicate character. Such cigarette boxes may be opened in the usual. manneu by raising the cover and taking out a [cigarette which is inconvenient and the cigarette is usually I. slightly damaged. Cigarette boxes of thin metal sheetingsutt'er from the same-defect and inconvenience.

The present invention has for its object. to avoid the described defects.:and to produce cigarette boxes which permit of theremoval of a cigarette, without injuring the same. This has-been primarily attained by con.- structing the cigarette 'box of two loose parts, a bottom and a cover-which are hinged in one point only. Thisenables the user .to lift the cover of the box in the usual manher or shift it laterally for about one half of the length of the box in either-direction leaving the box partly open so that cigarettes may be taken out many way desirable, and in the second case, Without expose ing all the cigarettes.

Boxesmade according to this construction may be manufactured very cheaply and care has been taken .to produce a neat and desirable article as requiredfor. this purpose; all as will be fully described hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure it represents in perspect ve mewia tion of the rear "(7 secured in the rear portionof the' cover.

cigarette box embodying in desirable form the present improvement. Fig. 2 is a cross section of the box on a somewhat enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on line 33 of Fig.v l also on a somewhat enlarged scale. Fig. c shows on a greatly enlarged scale the hinge portion of the box.

parts in all the figures.

In the drawing a represents the box made preferably of paper, thin card board. or of thin metal sheeting if so desired. The box Similar characters of re t'erence denote like is provided with a loose cover I made of the same material. The box and cover may be ornamented and provided with advertising matter in the usual manner. In the rear wall a of the box-a wire 0 is fastened by means of its ends '0 as shown best in Fig. 3. This wire extends horizontally througlr out the entire length of the box and runs along its rear wallin close proximity to its top portion. For the purpose of forming a slide hinge therear central portion of the cover 71 has secured under its lower surface a loop (I which surrounds the wire 0 and is adapted to travel thereon. The loop of .is made of fine metal sheeting and its free ends (Z-YF lie under the bottom surface of the cover. It is evident that the cover may be i moved in a horizontal plane in either direction' by means of the wire .0 in the top porwall of the box and the loop These elements thus form a slide-hinge. In order to guide the cover at the front side, opposite the hinge, whensliding along the box, the front height. The corer 7) has a downward front edge I) which meets the top surface of said front side of the box. A strip e of card board is attachedto the inner surface'of the front side a of the box.- The frontedge b of the cover I) slides-along the top portion of the stripe when the cover is moved out. As soon asth'e' hinge loop 0! reaches an outer end or the wire 0 the cover has'reached the .endof its movement in this direction. This ,also applies to the opposite side end 'ofth'e box wall a is only of halfbox. -1A.cc0rdingly the cover may be moved shift the cover sidewise as indicated in Fig. ,1. Thls renders the use ot the novel box very convenient.

tending along its inner-top portion, and a.

sheet metal loop: secured centrally on the lower rear surface of the cover and adapted to slideon the wire in either direction.

2. A cigarette box consisting of twoloose parts, a box having a reduced front side, a separate cover having a downward front edge meeting the reduced front side of the box, and sliding means, located partly on the inner top portion of the rear wall of the box and partly under the lower surface of the cover so that the cover is adapted to-slide in either direction, and may be raised.

-5. A cigarette box consisting of two loose parts, a box having a reduced front side. a separate cover having a downward front edge meeting the reduced front side of the box, and a slide hinge composed of a wire secured in the box and extending along the inner top portion of its rear wall, and a sheet metal loop secured centrally under the lower rear surface of the cover and adapted to slide on the wire in either direction permitting of opening the box by raising the cover and by shifting it sidewise in either direction.

Signed at New York, Yqthis 11th day 

